Rowlesburg News

The World War II Living History Weekend was held in Rowlesburg. Re-enactmentors came from all over to set up their displays of period equipment.

A new gym floor is in the works for a Preston County community center thanks to a generous donation.

A former Patriot Coal prep plant site will one day be a riverside recreation area connected to miles of hiking trails, if the Friends of the Cheat can make its plans work.

It was Preston County's turn to support the fight against cancer, with its Relay For Life getting underway Saturday afternoon.

As a child, Fran Cannon Slayton loved to hear the stories her father told about swimming in the Cheat River and listening to steam engines chug through the mountains in Preston County.

When the Whistle Blows follows the adventures of Jimmy Cannon, a boy growing up in a rural West Virginia railroading town.

Music, acting, poetry and art was all a part of the weekend of events that brought people to Rowlesburg.

Rowlesburg has finally done something with its old school. The school is now the Janet and Imre Szilagyi Center for Visual and Performing Arts.

Submitted by SHNS on Mon, 04/20/2009 - 13:36. Dr. Brenda Arnett is a third generation doctor.

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Other Stories by Susan Sullivan ROWLESBURG, W.Va. -- A Preston County town is wrapping up its sesquicentennial year by giving its future a gift of the past.